National Highway 47 (India)
National Highway 47, commonly referred to as NH 47, is a 620 km (390 mi) long highway connecting the city of Salem to Kanyakumari town in southern India. The important towns connected are Salem, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi, Alappuzha, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Nagercoil and Kanyakumari. The NH 47 runs within a few kilometers of Coimbatore International Airport (within Coimbatore city limits), Cochin International Airport (Nedumbassery) and the Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) International Airport.
The Salem-Coimbatore-Kochi stretch of the highway is included in the North-South Corridor of the Indian highway system. It is currently undergoing conversion to 4 lane, with some sections 6 lane. At the end of 2010, 40% of this stretch is 4 laned, and 35% under implementation.
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